Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz

Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz (1738-10 May 1809) was a Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the Seven Years' War, the wars with the Ottoman Empire, and the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz was born in Esztergom (Gran), Hungary in 1738, and he joined the Reichsarmee of the Holy Roman Empire in 1757. Ott fought at Landshut and at the infamous Battle of Liegnitz during the Seven Years' War, later fighting in the War of the Bavarian Succession and the 1787-1791 war against the Ottoman Empire. In 1791, he was ennobled with the rank of Freiherr, and he was promoted to Major-General in 1794 after fighting against the French Revolutionary Army in the Rhineland during the French Revolutionary Wars. From 1796 to 1797, Ott commanded Austrian forces in northern Italy during the Italian Campaign of the War of the First Coalition, fighting against Napoleon Bonaparte's Armee d'Italie. In February 1797, he was forced to surrender Mantua to Napoleon's army, but he was promoted to Field Marshal later that year. He also fought in the 1799 campaign, including the Battle of Novi, and at the Battle of Marengo in 1800. He was proprietor of a regiment after 1801, leading it until his death in 1809.